Akaroa

So finally he's here. Frank has arrived safely in New Zealand. After a 40 hours long flying marathon he touched town in Christchurch, where I picked him up.
We drove to Akaroa, into an absolutely gorgeous, cosy hostel, the halfmoon cottage. It has a nice garden, surrounding an old manor with spacious rooms and a lounge with piano.
This is the look out of our window..

Today we made a 3 hours hike around the Hinewai Reserve, which is a 1250 nectar nature reserve at the southeastern part of the Banks Peninsula.

Then we went onward to Akaroa, a small French village here, where we had some good Spanish food. Yeah, no crepes for me...

So tomorrow we will have to get to Twizel, where I will meet my aunt Lesley and Paul to do a 4 days long bike trip around the southern alpes.
Hope the weather will stay dry.